TDD Contract Job Trends in Essex

Test-Driven Development (TDD)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring TDD skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing TDD 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 5.69% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £472 - -
25th Percentile £486 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £500 - -
East of England median daily rate £488 £500 £700
% change year-on-year -2.40% -28.57% +11.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

TDD falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 111 108 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 90.24% 81.82% 82.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 47 126
10th Percentile £199 £178 £210
25th Percentile £333 £238 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £350 £500
Median % change year-on-year +31.43% -30.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £520 £494 £575
90th Percentile £563 £575 £624
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 16
10th Percentile £13.25 £20.75 £31.67
25th Percentile - £29.17 £43.28
Median hourly rate £18.87 £65.00 £56.53
Median % change year-on-year -70.97% +14.98% +2.78%
75th Percentile £40.06 £80.00 £76.38
90th Percentile £75.00 - £79.75
East of England median hourly rate £24.39 £40.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -39.03% +100.00% -2.44%

TDD
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings citing TDD as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for TDD in Essex

TDD
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TDD.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TDD

TDD
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TDD.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing TDD

TDD
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing TDD within the Essex region over the 6 months to 20 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Basildon - 4 £488 -
Brentwood - 1 £468 -
TDD
East of England

TDD
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) GCP
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Developer
1 5 (71.43%) Java Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Java Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Java Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) GCP Developer
3 1 (14.29%) GCP Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) GCP Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Programmer
3 1 (14.29%) Programmer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Programmer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) Spring
1 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Community of Practice
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Microservices
4 1 (14.29%) Pair Programming
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft